Pinnacle 48th Canadian Open Chess Championship 2011
For pairings, results and standings, please visit the MonRoi web site to see our event, including live webcast and replay of games.
Games
Open Section Games - 346 games
Under 2000 Section Games - 37 games
Under 1600 Section Games - 29 games
Simultaneous Exhibition Games - 127 games
Last update: 2011.8.29. More games will be available later; please check back.
Prizes
Open Section
1st-3rd GM Walter Arencibia, GM Joel Benjamin, GM Dejan Bojkov 7 points / 9 rounds $4,200 each
4th-16th GM Mark Bluvshtein, FM Bindi Cheng, IM David Cummings, IM Leonid Gerzhoy, GM Vitali Golod, IM Tomas Krnan, IM Nikolay Noritsyn, GM Eugene Perelshteyn, GM Luis Manuel Perez Rodriguez, GM Eduardas Rozentalis, IM Artiom Samsonkin, GM Alexander Shabalov, FM Shiyam Thavandiran 6.5 points $255 each
Under 2400 1st-4th FM Aman Hambleton, Michael Humphreys, IM Stefan Macak, Richard Wang (also top under-14) 6 points $403 each
Under 2200 1st Haizhou Xu 6 points $1,000
2nd-12th Felix Barrios, Dmitry Chernik, James Fu, Dezheng Kong, Ben Olden-Cooligan, Gordon Olheiser, Razvan Preotu, Omer Reshef, Myriam Roy, Tanraj Sohal, David Southam 5 points $55 each
Top Female IM Irina Krush 6 points $180
Top Senior IM Jean Hébert, GM John Fedorowicz 6 points $90 each
Top Under-18 FM Roman Sapozhnikov 6 points $180
Top Under-14 FM Jason Cao, WCM Jackie Peng 4.5 points $90 each
Under 2000 Section
1st-4th John Doknjas, Sam Haziprodromu, Jordan Palmer, Alexander Strugach 7 points $528 each
Under 1800 1st-3rd Tom Muir (also top senior), Eric Song (also top under-14), Jack Triefeldt (also top senior) 6 points $203 each
Top Female Manuela Renteria, Zhanna Sametova, Adie Todd 4 points $60 each
Top Senior Paul Leblanc, Ed Zator 6 points $90 each
Top Under-18 Perry Johnson 5.5 points $180
Top Under-14 Zehn Nasir 5.5 points $180
Under 1600 Section
1st Rodrigo Oliveira 8 points $250
2nd-4th Sergey Noritsyn (also top under-14), Tetyana Tismenko (also top female, top under 1400) $853 each; Bernie Prost $155; 7 points
Under 1400 1st Jeffrey Xu $430
2nd Michael Gomes $180
Top Female Jessica Danti, Aleksandra Milicevic 5 points $90 each
Top Senior Steve Karpik 6 points $180
Top Under-18 Benjamin Blium 5.5 points $180
Top Under-14 Joshua Doknjas, Alexandre Michelashvili, Dennis Tismenko 5.5 points $60 each
GM Mark Bluvshtein Simultaneous Exhibition
+12 =1 (Daniel Wiebe) -1 (Felix Barrios)
GM Mark Bluvshtein Simultaneous Exhibition Games
Chess 960
Thanks to GM Bator Sambuev, GM Dejan Bojkov, IM Irina Krush, GM Walter Arencibia and GM Luis Manuel Perez Rodriguez for taking part!
GM Ben Finegold Blindfold Simultaneous Exhibition
+5 =1 (James Law)
GM Ben Finegold Blindfold Simultaneous Exhibition Games
Blitz
66 players.
1st $500 GM Victor Mikhalevski (11/12)
2nd-3rd $125 each GM Bator Sambuev, GM Luis Manuel Perez Rodriguez, GM Vitali Golod, IM Nikolay Noritsyn (9/12)
Top Under 2200 $100 each Nandor Tot, Geordie Derraugh (8/12)
Cross-table and Final Standings
GM Eduardas Rozentalis Simultaneous Exhibition
+14 -1 (Luca Sardellitti)
GM Eduardas Rozentalis Simultaneous Exhibition Games
FM Aman Hambleton Simultaneous Exhibition
+13 =2 (Gleb Gariaev, Daniel Sirkovich)
FM Aman Hambleton Simultaneous Exhibition Games
GM Alexander Shabalov / WIM Iryna Zenyuk Tandem Simultaneous Exhibition
+3 =1 (Tanraj Sohal)
GM Alexander Shabalov / WIM Iryna Zenyuk Tandem Simultaneous Exhibition Games
IM Jean Hébert Simultaneous Exhibition
+16
IM Jean Hébert Simultaneous Exhibition Games
GM Dejan Bojkov Simultaneous Exhibition
+15
GM Dejan Bojkov Simultaneous Exhibition Games
GM Bator Sambuev Simultaneous Exhibition
+5 =1 (Razvan Preotu)
GM Bator Sambuev Simultaneous Exhibition Games
FM Michael Dougherty Simultaneous Exhibition
+1
FM Michael Dougherty Simultaneous Exhibition Game
IM Nikolay Noritsyn Simultaneous Exhibition
+10
IM Nikolay Noritsyn Simultaneous Exhibition Games
WCM Liza Orlova Simultaneous Exhibition
+8 =2 (Gleb Gariaev, Daniel Sirkovich)
WCM Liza Orlova Simultaneous Exhibition Games
FA Aris Marghetis Simultaneous Exhibition
+8 =2 (Stone Hu, Dennis Li)
FA Aris Marghetis Simultaneous Exhibition Games
GM John Fedorowicz Simultaneous Exhibition
+2 =3 (Tanraj Sohal, Tomas Krnan, Michal Meszaros)
GM John Fedorowicz Simultaneous Exhibition Games
Perfect score prize
GM Eugene Perelshteyn was the lone player with 4/4, but lost in Round 5 to GM Bator Sambuev. After Round 5, four players have 4.5 points and are eligible for the secondary prize for scoring 8.5/9: GM Bator Sambuev, IM Leonid Gerzhoy, IM Irina Krush and GM Walter Arencibia.
IM Michal Meszaros and IM Stefan Macak Tandem Simultaneous Exhibition
+1 -1 (Michael Song)
IM Michal Meszaros and IM Stefan Macak Tandem Simultaneous Exhibition Games
Almost perfect score prize
GM Walter Arencibia is alone in first place after 6 rounds with a score of +5 =1 (5.5/6), making him the only player eligible for the prize for finishing the tournament with only one draw given up (8.5/9).
GM Walter Arencibia Simultaneous Exhibition
+3
GM Walter Arencibia Simultaneous Exhibition Games
GM Luis Manuel Perez Rodriguez Simultaneous Exhibition
+2
GM Luis Manuel Perez Rodriguez Simultaneous Exhibition Games
Trivia Contest
1st Tyler Longo $50 (12/20)
2nd David Lawless $25 (11/20)
15 people took part (12 players, 3 guests).
Almost perfect score prize
GM Walter Arencibia drew his round 7 game, so no one will win the prize for scoring 8.5/9.
Double Chess
10 team round-robin.
1st-2nd Alex Marcadella & Andrew Peredun; Roman Sapozhnikov & Karl Sellars $80 each
3rd James Fu & Owen Qian $40
Prize Fund
In 2010, we had 265 players. In 2011, our Prize Fund was announced as $30,000 based on 300 players. We have 277 players. So, our Prize Fund is $27,700.
Best Dressed Prizes presented by Mark's Work Wearhouse
Open - Liza Orlova $25 (for style!)
Under 2000 - Jack Triefeldt $25 (sport jackets are better than T-shirts!)
Under 1600 - Jason Waugh $25 (kept the suit and tie from work!)
Best Game & Brilliancy Prizes judged by Vladimir Dobrich and presented by Don Valley North Lexus
Open - Best Games 1st-2nd ($180/game = $90/player)
GM Victor Mikhalevski - IM Artiom Samsonkin
Round 6, Board 2
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Bxd2 8. Qxd2 Nbd7 9. Nc3 e5 10. Rfd1 Re8 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nge4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 c6 15. Bf5 Qe7 16. Bxd7 Rd8 17. Na4 Rxd7 18. Qe3 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Bh3 20. c5 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Nc3 f6 23. f3 Bf5 24. Kf2 Bc2 25. Ke1 Bf5 26. Qd2 Qe7 27. e4 Be6 28. Qe3 Bc4 29. b3 Ba6 30. Na4 Qd7 31. g4 h5 32. h3 Qe7 33. Kf2 Qd8 34. Nc3 hxg4 35. hxg4 Kf7 36. Kg2 g5 37. Kf2 Ke6 38. a3 Qd4 39. Nb1 Qb2+ 40. Qd2 Qxb3 41. Qd6+ Kf7 42. Qd7+ Kf8 43. Nd2 Qa2 44. Kg3 a4 45. Qd8+ Kg7 46. Qd7+ Qf7 47. Qd8 Qf8 48. Qd7+ Kg6 49. Qf5+ Kf7 50. Qh7+ Ke8 51. Qg6+ Kd8 52. Kg2 Kc7 53. Nf1 Qxc5 54. Qxf6 Qc2+ 55. Kg1 Qc1 56. Qxe5+ Kb6 57. Qd4+ c5 58. Qf2 Bxf1 59. Qxf1 Qxa3 60. Qd1 Qb4 61. Qd6+ Ka7 62. Kg2 a3 63. Qd5 Qd4 64. Qg8 Qb2+ 65. Kg3 a2 66. Qxg5 a1=Q 67. Qxc5+ Qb6 0-1
GM Bator Sambuev - GM Walter Arencibia
Round 7, Board 1
1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d3 d6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. h4 h6 8. Bd2 Nf6 9. Rb1 O-O 10. Qc1 Ng4 11. h5 g5 12. Nxg5 hxg5 13. h6 Bxh6 14. f3 Kg7 15. fxg4 Bxg4 16. Ne4 f6 17. b4 cxb4 18. Bxb4 Nxb4 19. Rxb4 Rf7 20. Qb2 Rb8 21. c5 dxc5 22. Nxf6 Rxf6 23. Rxg4 Qe7 24. Bf3 Rb6 25. Qa1 Rd8 26. Kf2 Rd4 27. Kg2 Rf6 28. Qc1 Rxg4 29. Bxg4 e4 30. Qe3 Qe5 31. Rc1 b6 32. Rc4 Qa1 33. Rc1 Qe5 34. Rc4 Qa1 35. Rc1 1/2-1/2
Honourable Mentions
GM Bator Sambuev - GM Eugene Perelshteyn
Round 5, Board 1
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bc1 Nh6 11. Re1 Nf7 12. Be3 c6 13. dxe5 fxe5 14. Qd2 Nc5 15. Ng5 Nxg5 16. Bxg5 Qc7 17. Be3 Ne6 18. Bg4 Nd4 19. Bxc8 Qxc8 20. Ne2 c5 21. Nc3 Qg4 22. Kh1 Rf7 23. f3 Qh5 24. Rf1 Raf8 25. Nd5 h6 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. f4 g5 28. g3 Re8 29. Rae1 Qh3 30. Rf2 Kh8 31. b3 Qg4 32. Qd3 h5 33. Qf1 Bh6 34. Rf3 gxf4 35. gxf4 Ref8 36. Re2 Rg7 37. Rg3 Qh4 38. Rh3 Qg4 39. Rg3 Qh4 40. Rxg7 Bxg7 41. Qf3 Bh6 42. Rf2 Rg8 43. Rf1 Re8 44. Rg1 Rf8 45. Qg3 Qxg3 46. hxg3 h4 47. Kg2 hxg3 48. Rh1 Kg7 49. Kxg3 Rh8 50. Kf3 Kf7 51. b4 cxb4 52. Nxb4 Bg7 53. Rxh8 Bxh8 54. Nd3 Bg7 55. c5 Ke6 56. f5+ Kd7 57. cxd6 Kxd6 58. Kf4 Bh6+ 59. Kg4 Bf8 60. Kg5 Be7+ 61. f6 Bf8 62. Kf5 Kd7 63. e5 b6 64. Ke4 Ke6 65. Nf4+ Kf7 66. Kxd4 Bh6 67. Ke4 b5 68. Nd5 a5 69. Kf5 1-0
GM Eduardas Rozentalis - FM Shiyam Thavandiran
Round 7, Board 6
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Bb5 a6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. O-O c5 9. c3 cxd4 10. cxd4 a5 11. Re1 Ba6 12. Nb1 c5 13. Bg5 Qb6 14. Nc3 Qxb2 15. Na4 Qb5 16. Rb1 Qc6 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nc3 h6 19. Nd4 Qd7 20. Bh4 Be7 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Nf5 Qa7 24. Nd6+ Ke7 25. Qf3 f5 26. Nxf5+ Kf7 27. e6+ Kg8 28. e7 Kh7 29. Nd6 Bd3 30. Rb7 Qa6 31. e8=Q Rhxe8 32. Rxg7+ Kxg7 33. Qf7+ Kh8 34. Nxe8 Qb7 35. Qf8+ 1-0
Under 2000 - Brilliancy 1st-2nd $100 to each winner
Kajan Thanabalachandran - Daniel Coren
Round 9
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 Nc6 4. Nf3 e5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 e4 8. Nd2 Nf6 9. Bc4 Qa5 10. Bb2 O-O 11. O-O Bg4 12. Be2 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Rfe8 14. Rfe1 Kh8 15. a4 Rad8 16. Qb5 Re6 17. Nc4 Qa6 18. Qxa6 bxa6 19. Rab1 Nd5 20. Ne3 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Na5 22. Ba3 Nc4 23. Bc5 Nb6 24. a5 Na4 25. Bxa7 Nxc3 26. Rb3 Nb5 27. Bc5 g6 28. Reb1 Nd6 29. Rb8 Ree8 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Bxd6 Rxd6 32. c4 Rc6 33. c5 f5 34. Rb6 cxb6 35. axb6 Rf6 36. b7 Rf8 37. c6 a5 38. c7 1-0
Grisha Crnilovic - Patrick Yu
Round 4
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Be2 O-O 11. Bf3 Rb8 12. g4 Nc5 13. h4 b5 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxg5 17. hxg5 exd5 18. Rxh7 Kxh7 19. Qh2+ Kg8 20. Rh1 f6 21. g6 1-0
Under 1600 - Best Game $25 to each player
Kyle France - Larissa Souchko
Round 8
1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e6 9. d3 Rb8 10. O-O Be7 11. e4 d4 12. Ne2 c5 13. f5 O-O 14. e5 Nd7 15. f6 Nxe5 16. Qg3 Bxf6 17. Rxf6 Qxf6 18. Bg5 Qg6 19. Qxe5 Rbe8 20. Qxc5 e5 21. Be7 c6 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Qxe5 Qh6 24. Nxd4 1-0
Under 1600 - Brilliancy $50 to the winner
Michael Rogers - Michael Gomes
Round 2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 g6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Ng4 9. e6 f5 10. Bf4 d5 11. Nxd5 Bxe6 12. Nc7+ Kf7
13. Bxe6+ Kg7 14. Nxa8 Qxa8 15. Qd4+ Nf6 16. O-O-O c5 17. Qe3 h6 18. Qxc5 Qe4 19. Qe5 Qxg2 20. Rhg1 Qxf2 21. Qxf5 g5 22. Rxg5+ 1-0
Biggest Upset
Open - Bradley Willis $50
Bradley Willis 2094 - GM Dejan Bojkov 2544
Round 1
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Nb3 f6 7. Bb5 a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Na5 O-O 12. Nxc6 Bb7 13. Na5 Rab8 14. Qe2 Ba8 15. c3 Rbe8 16. Kh1 e5 17. Qxa6 e4 18. Ng1 Qh4 19. g3 Qg4 20. Qe2 Qg6 21. Be3 h5 22. Nb3 Nf6 23. Nd2 Bc6 24. c4 h4 25. c5 Be7 26. Bf4 Bd8 27. b4 Nh5 28. Be5 Rxe5 29. dxe5 d4 30. f3 d3 31. Qg2 e3 32. Nb3 hxg3 33. Nd4 Bd5 34. Nh3 Bh4 35. Rg1 Nf4 36. Nxf4 Rxf4 37. hxg3 Rxd4 38. Qh3 Bxf3+ 39. Kh2 Bd8 40. g4 Rxg4 41. Rxg4 Qxg4 0-1
Open - Honourable Mention
Vladimir Birarov 2267 - Olivier Kenta Chiku-Ratté 1729
Round 5
1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. O-O Nc6 5. d3 Nf6 6. e4 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. h3 Nd7 9. Bg5 Rb8 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Rb1 b4 12. Nc4 h6 13. Bd2 Ba6 14. Qc1 Kh7 15. Qc2 Bxc4 16. dxc4 Qa5 17. cxb4 Nxb4 18. Bxb4 cxb4 19. b3 Nc5 20. Rbd1 Qc7 21. h4 Bc3 22. h5 e5 23. hxg6+ fxg6 24. Qe2 Rf6 25. Nh2 h5 26. f4 Rbf8 27. f5 Bd4+ 28. Kh1 gxf5 29. exf5 Qg7 30. Qxh5+ Rh6 31. Qe2 Qxg3 32. Bd5 Qh4 33. Rd2 Bc3 34. Rc2 e4 35. Qf2 Be5 36. Qxh4 Rxh4 37. Rg2 Rf6 38. Re1 Rfh6 39. Ree2 e3 40. Kg1 Rxh2 41. Rxh2 Rxh2 42. Bg2 Rh5 0-1
Under 2000 - Eric Song $50
Manuela Renteria 1922 - Eric Song 1488
Round 4
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 h6 5. O-O d6 6. Nxd4 Be7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bf4 Re8 11. h3 Bf8 12. Qf3 Bb7 13. Rad1 Qc8 14. Rfe1 a6 15. e5 c5 16. Qg3 Nh5 17. Qg6 d5 18. Qxh5 dxc4 19. Qh4 Qf5 20. Bc1 Rxe5 21. Rxe5 Qxe5 22. Qxc4 Bd6 23. g3 Re8 24. Bf4 Qf5 25. Qf1 Bxf4 26. gxf4 Qxf4 27. Nd5 Qf3 28. Qd3 Bxd5 29. Qxd5 Re1+ 30. Rxe1 Qxd5 31. b3 Qd2 32. Re8+ Kh7 33. Ra8 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Qxc2 35. Rxa6 Qxf2+ 0-1
Under 1600 - Ljudmila Milicevic $50
Ljudmila Milicevic 1048 - John Brown 1561
Round 9
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Bd7 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. Bxd5 Be6 10. Bb3 Qc8 11. Bxe6 Qxe6 12. Re1 Qg6 13. c3 f5 14. exf5 Rxf5 15. d4 Raf8 16. Re3 exd4 17. cxd4 Rh5 18. d5 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Rxe5 dxe5 21. Qb3 Bh4 22. Be3 Rf3 23. d6+ Kf8 24. g3 cxd6 25. Rc1 b6 26. Qc3 Ke7 27. Qc7+ Ke6 28. Qc4+ d5 29. Qxh4 d4 30. Rc6+ 1-0
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